Author: A. Asohan
Security as a business enabler, not a bottleneck
For many companies, security is about restricting access to, and putting up walls around, sensitive data and systems. But for vendors in the identity management space, providing the right kind of access to the right kind of information to the right people actually opens up business opportunities.
Technopreneur Leon Tan gets his dream geek-fest
How Leon Tan and his team managed to make the movie 'War of The Worlds: Goliath' is perhaps a lesson for all aspiring entrepreneurs, not just those in the creative content space. They had a vision, they had to get funding, the timing just came together, and they pivoted … many times.
Information wants to be free, so we won’t pay for it
Many Malaysian websites seem unaware that intellectual property rights apply to online content as well, while others are more unscrupulous -- confident that they can get away with copying and pasting others’ content.
World Entrepreneurship Forum takes Malaysia’s advice, thanks to Cradle’s Nazrin
Cradle CEO Nazrin Hassan was the sole Malaysian participant at this year’s World Entrepreneurship Forum, but his presence was sufficient to see some key recommendations from the nation’s perspective being included in the Forum’s guiding White Paper.
TM, MDeC and StartupMalaysia kick off ‘corporate’ accelerator
Telekom Malaysia, the Multimedia Development Corporation and StartupMalaysia.org have kicked off a new accelerator program that they said sharpens the focus on getting startups to market quickly.
Windows re-imagined, Microsoft not quite
Microsoft has launched the Windows 8 operating system, its big bet to regain its relevance in what is becoming a post-PC world, but gave no indication of when its Surface tablet computer would roll out in Malaysia or the rest of the region.
Anonymity, is your time up?
Anonymity has its place in discourse, online and in the physical world. But it should never be taken as an excuse to be a jerk, writes A. Asohan.
Malaysia’s LGBT community put on alert for online infiltration
Malaysia’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community has been put on alert that a mainstream television station working on exposé may attempt to infiltrate their online hangouts – which may not be a problem in itself, except for the near witch-hunt by certain elements in the Government and mainstream media recently to portray the community in the worst possible light.
Heriot-Watt U to kick off next Jan, offers renowned Edinburgh MBA
Heriot-Watt University UK will be opening the doors to its Putrajaya campus in January next year, first at a temporary facility at the headquarters of Putrajaya Holdings Sdn Bhd before moving to a new state-of-the-art campus in 2014.
HITB: An eco-system of disruptions and dependencies
The recently-concluded Hack In The Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur (HITBSecConf2012) was the biggest ever, exceeding the 1,010-attendee target set by HITB, and had its share of historic moments too. DNA’s A. Asohan looks back.
